Shelley Duvall

[small h]

at 75. One of a kind.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shelley-duvall-dead-shining-actress-1235946118/

[Wilfrid]

Made me look up Jack Nicholson who turns out to be 87.

[Sneakeater]

Born to play Olive Oyl.

Did. 

[maison rustique]

One of my favorites. Not a very happy life, but she certainly was brilliant.

[MitchW]

Maybe this NY Times' profile on her was just pure bad timing? Bad luck? Bad juju?

Shelley Duvall Vanished From Hollywood. She’s Been Here the Whole Time.

[small h]

I think they cursed her. The NYT seems to be in the cursing business, generally, of late.

[Sneakeater]

3 hours ago, MitchW said:

Maybe this NY Times' profile on her was just pure bad timing? Bad luck? Bad juju?

Shelley Duvall Vanished From Hollywood. She’s Been Here the Whole Time.

I get the feeling when stuff like that happens -- which is frequent enough that you think it might not be coincidence -- that the media outlet or whatever knew the subject was dying.

[MitchW]

1 hour ago, Sneakeater said:

I get the feeling when stuff like that happens -- which is frequent enough that you think it might not be coincidence -- that the media outlet or whatever knew the subject was dying.

She certainly was not the picture of health.